cally become null and void in its entirety.

Be it further agreed between the said John McNabb, and the said
Canadian Wild Lands Company, Ltd., that aforementioned demand and
tender of payment shall be made at and in the store of that trading
post of the Hudson's Bay Company, situated upon the north shore of Gods
Lake, and known as Gods Lake Post.

Swiftly Wentworth stepped to the desk and, lifting the receiver from
its hook, called a number. "Hello! Wolverine Bank? I want to speak
with Mr. Orcutt. Hello, Mr. Orcutt? This is Wentworth--No, I don't
want any money. Listen, I must see you at once. I'm on the trail of
something big, and I need you to help swing it. There's a million in
it--can't say more now. What? One o'clock at the bank? Right, I'll
be there. Good-by."

A few moments later McNabb entered the office. "Well, did you look the
proposition over? Ye see by the map how we can get the paper to the
Bay. What d'ye say? Take it, or leave it?"

"I'll take it," answered Wentworth.

"An' ye'll start to-morrow?"

"Why--it's pretty short notice--but--yes, I'll start to-morrow."

Old John McNabb drew a check which he handed to Wentworth.

"Expenses, an' a month's advance salary," grunted the older man.

"And when do you want a report on the mill site?"

"As soon after the ice goes out as you can make it."

"And you will be up during the summer?"

"Some time in July--I've got to be there on the first of August to
close that option. Take those location papers with ye. Ye'll need
them, an' the map--I have another copy in the vault at the bank. I'll
bring 'em up when I come, so if somethin' comes up so you couldn't be
at the post on the first of August, it won't hold up the deal. Run
along now, I must catch the 11:45 train for Grand Rapids--see you in
July."

IV

Upstairs in the fur department Oskar Hedin paused in the act of
returning some fox pieces to their place, and greeted the girl who had
halted before the tall pier glass to readjust her hat and push a
refractory strand of hair into place. "Back again?" he smiled. "And
now for the coat!"

"Now for the coat," she repeated. "What kind of a coat do I want,
Oskar? I want to try on lots of them. I don't know a thing in the
world about furs. All I know is that I've seen some I liked, and some
that I didn't care much for."

For half an hour Jean tried on coats, until her choice had narrowed
down to a handsome dark baum mart